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The award winning, critically acclaimed situation comedy, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson and directed by Edgar Wright. 'Spaced' is the story of two very different people, enthusiastic but directionless Daisy Steiner and grumpy, broken hearted skateboarder, Tim Bisley - two twenty-somethings who pretend to be a professional couple to secure the tenancy of a North London flat. As the pair grow closer, the potent mix of their friends, interests and ambitions lead them into a world more bizarre than childhood and a lifetime away from being grown up. Keep telling yourself ... 'It's only a sitcom'. Includes the episodes: Beginnings, Gatherings, Art, Battles, Chaos, Epiphanies, Ends - Director:
- Edgar Wright
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- Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Bill Bailey
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A team of local TV reporters are following a squad of firemen on night duty. The footage is completely live and their task is to make show about on the life of these professionals who work while we are sleeping. The first job of the night is to rescue an old lady who is trapped inside her apartment but the routine rescue soon takes a sinister turn. Something evil is spreading throughout the building, out of control. Trapped inside, the firemen and the TV crew have to confront an unknown and lethal horror. Now, the only thing that matters is hiding, surviving and trying desperately to escape. They must keep on recording. No matter what happens. Until the very last moment. - Director:
- Jaume Balagueró
- Cast:
- Manuela Velasco, Javier Coromina, Pep Sais
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)Toki o kakeru shôjo
There is a future that we can't wait for. What would you do if you could "leap" backward through time? When tomboyish 17 year old Makoto Konno gains this ability after an accident in her high school chemistry lab, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. Before long, however, she realizes that even innocuous changes can have terrible consequences. Changing the past is not as simple as it seems, and eventually Makoto will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future for herself and her friends. - Director:
- Mamoru Hosoda
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- Riisa Naka, Saffron Henderson, Takuya Ishida
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From Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard, comes the electrifying, untold story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in history. When disgraced President Richard Nixon agreed to an interview with jet-setting television personality, David Frost, he thought he'd found the key to saving his tarnished legacy. But, with a name to make and a reputation to overcome, Frost became one of Nixon's most formidable adversaries and engaged the leader in a charged battle of wits that changed the face of politics forever. - Director:
- Ron Howard
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- Frank Langella, Jason Suhrke, Michael Sheen
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Meet Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie - a.k.a. Flight Of The Conchords. They may be "New Zealand's 4th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo," but now they're in a strange new world - New York City - and determined to conquer America one fan at a time... literally! This 2-disc set features all 12 episodes of the acclaimed HBO series. Watch as our heroes contend with unrequited love, bohemian parties, inept criminals and their (single) obsessed fan, breaking into song as they clumsily attempt to break the New York scene. - Director:
- Troy Miller
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- Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby
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Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jackie Onassis. The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, New York, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot. An impossibly intimate portrait, this 1976 documentary by Albert and David Maysles, codirected by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, quickly became a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and philosopher queen. - Director:
- Ellen Hovde
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- Edith Bouvier Beale, Norman Vincent Peale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
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In Treatment is set within the psychotherapy sessions of five patients. The first ever HBO half-hour drama features Paul (Gabriel Byrne), a therapist who exhibits great insight and confidence when treating his patients, but crippling insecurities while counseled by his own therapist, Gina (Dianne Wiest). Adding to his list of growing concerns, his wife, Kate (Michelle Forbes), is overcome with feelings of neglect and resents competing for his attention. Patients undergoing treatment with Paul include a young doctor (Melissa George) who has fallen in love with Paul, a Navy pilot (Blair Underwood) reevaluating his life after a failed mission in Iraq, a teenage gymnast (Mia Wasikowska) with suicidal tendencies and a passionate couple (Josh Charles and Embeth Davidtz) who are troubled in all other areas of their lives. - Director:
- Paris Barclay
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- Gabriel Byrne, Michelle Forbes, Melissa George
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In this anti- romantic comedy about love and fate, a young greeting card writer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams...and his new co-worker, Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), may just be "the one. " But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable — and unbelievably funny! - Director:
- Marc Webb
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- Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend
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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy Award-winning mini-series The Corner, this unvarnished, highly realistic drama series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore - one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance. Told from the points of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn. - Director:
- Tim Van Patten
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- Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba
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They planned a Vegas bachelor party that they would never forget. Now they really need to remember what exactly went down! Whose baby is in the closet of their Caesars Palace suite? How did a tiger get in the bathroom? Why is one of them missing a tooth? And most of all, where is the groom?! What the guys did while partying can't compare to what they must do sober in an outrageous caper that has them piecing together all their bad decisions from the night before - one hazy clue at a time. - Director:
- Todd Phillips
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- Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha
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Music resonates, moves and inspires us. But when three guitar virtuosos from three generations get together to jam, swap stories and share their passion for the most influential instrument in rock 'n' roll history: the electric guitar... it does more. Now you can get up close and personal and discover how a furniture upholsterer from Detroit (Jack White), a session musician from London (Jimmy Page) and a seventeen-year-old Dublin schoolboy (The Edge) each used the electric guitar to develop their unique sound and rise to the pantheon of superstar. - Director:
- Davis Guggenheim
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- Jimmy Page, The Edge, Jack White
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Carl Fredricksen (voices of Edward Asner / Jeremy Leary), a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal, part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell (voice of Jordan Nagai), an overeager 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time - Carl's front porch! The world's most unlikely duo reach new heights and meet fantastic friends like Dug (voice of Bob Peterson), a dog with a special collar that allows him to speak, and Kevin, a rare 13-foot-tall flightless bird. Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, Carl realises that sometimes life's biggest adventures aren't the ones you set out looking for. - Director:
- Pete Docter
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- Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
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Dr Pamassus Christopher Plummer) is an immortal who leads a traveling theatre troupe. Their props include the 'Imaginarium' – a mirror doubling as a magic doorway into a world that makes your wildest dreams a reality. Pamassus's immortality has come at a price however – he will lose his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) to the Devil himself (Tom Waits) unless he persuades five more souls to lose themselves in the imaginarium. - Director:
- Terry Gilliam
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- Christopher Plummer, Antonia Putiloff, Lily Cole
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Dip into a delicious second helping of Pushing Daisies. In this season, Papen County’s Pie Maker with a witching finger for waking the dead, and his alive-again love Chuck, have more on the menu than a Terrifying Bee-Man and a Deep Fried Chicken Magnate. The secrets are served deep-dish when family skeletons – both literal and figurative – loom over the Pie Hole and its patrons. As jockey cum waitress Olive Snook joins a nunnery to mend her broken heart, the Pie Maker who broke it hides Chuck from her Aunt Vivian and mother Lily, who believe she’s dead. Naturally, this results in resurrecting Chuck’s father, who actually was dead. Private Investigator Emerson Cod has daddy issues of his own when his baby-stealing baby-mama finds herself at the centre of a damned dam murder case. This wondrous, witty and moving confection is an irresistible as the Pie Maker’s three-plum pie. - Director:
- Adam Kane
- Cast:
- Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride
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Every not-so-often, along comes a show that's different. Wonderfully different. Pushing Daisies, TV Guide's Matt Roush writes, "restores my faith in TV's ability to amuse, enchant and entertain". It's the story of Ned, a lonely pie maker whose touch can reanimate the dead. Cool, but there's a hitch. If Ned touches the person again, the miracle is reversed. If he doesn't, a bystander goes toes up. What to do? Easy: Team with a private eye, bring murder victims back just long enough to discover whodunit, and collect the rewards. Things go well until Ned's boyhood sweetie is the next dear departed, and he can't resist bringing her back for keeps! Dig the wit, style and quirky romance: If you're not laughing, you may need a visit from Ned. - Director:
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Cast:
- Jim Dale, Lee Pace, Anna Friel
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